“The Giants have said that they are not going to cut him, John Mara, the Giants owner has said that,” Schefter said when going over potential big names to be cut on SportsCenter this morning. “However there have been rumblings around the league that Osi Umenyiora would be on the bubble. I think he’d like to be released to be able to shop his services to another team.”

“Remember, he criticized the Giants organization in testimony that he gave to the courts and was one of the name plaintiffs in the Brady vs NFL case,” Schefter continued. “Again, not saying he winds up getting cut but there are people around the league who think he could get cut.”

Mara reportedly told Umenyiora during a break at a recent negotiation session that the defensive end needs to settle his differences with general manager Jerry Reese.

The suggestion made by the best insider in the business may prove to be incorrect, but it's still noteworthy because of Schefter's pedigree.

The Vikings are a great example of why you don't build through FA (besides the obvious Redskins). They are going to have to scrap that team from the bottom up, and are still currently 5 mil over the cap.

As long as Oakland is able to resign Zach Miller then ill be happy. Losing ASO is a given but we still have tons of talent on that defense.

I don't expect Oakland to do a lot in FA besides keep some key players like Miller,Reece, M.Bush being a RFA is huge one less person we have to worry about resigning. I think eventually Oakland will sign Kamerion Wimbley to a long term contract and help out against the cap.

One position Oakland will go after in FA will be offense line. Someone like Jared Gaither,Jammal Brown or a OG like Justin Blalock

1) Jaguars will be active in FA. They like Weddle, as GBF points out above, and could also be in play for a big-time WR. Sidney Rice or James Jones makes sense as a young veteran to develop with Blaine Gabbert. Or one could think that JDR wants to save his job by winning this year, which would make TO or Moss a possibility. Either way, I don't think Cecil Shorts, Kasim Osgood, Jason Hill, Tiquan Underwood or Jarrett Dilliard will be starting opposite Mike Thomas in 2011.

2) Nnamdi Asomugha wants to play for the Jets and it IS feasible that they could re-sign Holmes AND lock up Nnamdi (which would create the first 4-5 defense in NFL history obviously). However, they'd then have almost a quarter of their cap space tied up in one position, would have to cut two or three vets, and would be relying heavily on Jeremy Kirley as their 3rd WR.

1) Jaguars will be active in FA. They like Weddle, as GBF points out above, and could also be in play for a big-time WR. Sidney Rice or James Jones makes sense as a young veteran to develop with Blaine Gabbert. Or one could think that JDR wants to save his job by winning this year, which would make TO or Moss a possibility. Either way, I don't think Cecil Shorts, Kasim Osgood, Jason Hill, Tiquan Underwood or Jarrett Dilliard will be starting opposite Mike Thomas in 2011.

What vets could the Jets cut to pull that off? Seems like a huge feat.

They would probably need to lose Cromartie, Edwards, Brad Smith, Shaun Ellis and renegotiate a few contracts like David Harris and possibly Sanchez. It may also take a below market deal for Holmes which may not happen either. I'd be pretty surprised if the Jets could pull this one off.

They would probably need to lose Cromartie, Edwards, Brad Smith, Shaun Ellis and renegotiate a few contracts like David Harris and possibly Sanchez. It may also take a below market deal for Holmes which may not happen either. I'd be pretty surprised if the Jets could pull this one off.

8. I think if Asomugha had his way, he'd sign with the Jets. The coach, the team, the city, the causes ... it all appeals to him. There's just this little matter of the Jets being $1.3-million over the cap before they start whittling away at it to get in line with the league's $120.4-million, fairly hard cap. (You can go over the cap in one year by $3 million for one player.)

As Rich Cimini astutely pointed out the other day on his Jets blog, they could restructure Mark Sanchez and Darrelle Revis (due to count a total of $27.8 million against the cap this year), and they could take linebacker David Harris' franchise number of $10.4 million this year and lower it by converting it into the first year of a long-term contract. Remember, Santonio Holmes is a priority to sign, so assume that would take about $7 million this year. The Jets would probably have to cut two or three vets and not re-sign Antonio Cromartie to have any chance of getting into Asomugha's financial league -- even if it means Asomugha would take significantly less to go to New Jersey than, say, to Dallas or Houston.

If they restructure contracts, and I forgot about Revis, they could potentially get far enough under. They'll have to lose some guys they dont want to.

Anyone have specifics on the rookie wage scale? Is it just a cap on how much teams can spend on their rookies? Or is it a slotting system similar to what they have in the NBA? That will have an impact on how much cap space teams have.

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Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.